Editorial: ATF Needs More Authority to Stop Illegal Gun Sales

Newsday Editorial Congress should unshackle the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the fight against illegal guns. Restrictions on the bureau’s activities are hobbling efforts to combat firearms trafficking and reduce the day-to-day gun violence plaguing the nation. Americans have a constitutional right to own guns. And licensed gun dealers who operate legally…

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“60 Minutes” Correspondent Mike Wallace Was Trailed by FBI During Cuba Visit

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI kept a close eye on late “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace during a 1970 trip to Cuba, recently released files show, CBS News reports. The documents detail the luggage and travel information of Wallace and “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt, according to CBS News. The FBI also investigated a threatening…

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FBI Changes Firearm Training to Adapt to Close-Quarters Shooting

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s firearm training has begun focusing on close-quarters combat after a review found that most agent-involved shootings are within point-blank range, the USA Today reports. The new training protocol is a dramatic shift for an agency that has relied on long-range marksmanship training. After reviewing about 200 shootings during a 17-year…

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FBI Agent Adrian Johnson Gets 18 Months in Fatal Drunk Driving Crash in Suburban D.C.

By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com Ex-FBI agent Adrian Johnson was sentenced Friday in suburban D.C. to 18 months in prison for the 2011 drunk driving crash that killed one person and seriously injured another, the Washington Post reported. Johnson, 39, who had been assigned to Attorney Gen. Eric Holder’s security detail, was convicted  of motor vehicle…

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